Hello! I stumbled onto these forums a while ago and have been reading many of the posts. I am currently 21 and about to start my 3rd year of college. 3 years ago I was my heaviest, weighing in at 315 pounds. I'm pretty tall (I was probably around 6'4 at the time then; and I'm 6'7 now) so I was always pretty good at hiding my weight from others, but that summer 3 years ago was my breaking point. I was on vacation with my family, in West Virginia riding our ATVs through mountain paths. It was at this time the summer Olympics were going on. I was usually OK with my weight but for some reason seeing all the olympians compete, representing the very best of the US made me realize that I was representing the very worst.
I don't want this to get too long, so in short I'm currently 50 pounds lighter than I was 3 years ago (been a long and anything but straight path to this) and I've finally decided to make this a lifelong commitment to be healthy. I'll be starting up a diary, where I'll flesh out the beginnings of my story more and keep working towards my goals!
I look forward to talking to some of you, and being inspired by your stories. I hope I can do my part to help anyone out! Thanks!
- jpass
I don't want this to get too long, so in short I'm currently 50 pounds lighter than I was 3 years ago (been a long and anything but straight path to this) and I've finally decided to make this a lifelong commitment to be healthy. I'll be starting up a diary, where I'll flesh out the beginnings of my story more and keep working towards my goals!
I look forward to talking to some of you, and being inspired by your stories. I hope I can do my part to help anyone out! Thanks!
- jpass
